Constitutional Right to Privacy?
Hello everyone. Now before I start, I'd like to say that I do believe we have an indirect right to privacy, but I would like to know in what ways are our "privacy rights" violated?
I am doing a debate and would like some feedback as to how we don't have a constitutional right to privacy. Please and Thank You.
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Read the 4th Amendment.
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/const...
Its all right there.
I can cite you case law until the cows come home on different issues but without some specific requests I'm not going to. It would take to long. We do have rights by the way.
It is an implied right, not clearly or definitively defined in the constitution. Go read the Bill of Rights online, it is the first ten amendments, and you will get good material for your debate. But it is a hazy subject. There are some good court cases that went all the way to the supreme court that you can find online. One of them was about cops arrested two homosexuals after catching them performing "acts against nature" (sodomy), so the homos took their case to the supreme court and the court sided with them and said people have a right to do as they wish in the privacy of their homes. The cops caught them doing that while carrying out a search warrant. This was in Texas in about 2003, so it was fairly recent.
There is nothing in the Bill of Rights to suggest anyone has a "right" to privacy...so start your search elsewhere.
The word to consider when discussing a Constitutional Right to Privacy is "reasonable."
If your right to privacy is NOT reasonable, then it is not a Constitutional right.
For example, do you have a Constitutional Right to Privacy in a conversation with your boyfriend?
It depends on the situation as to whether it is reasonable or not.
If you both were in your home alone, then it would be normally be reasonable to have a right of privacy in the conversation.
If you were in a crowded restuarant where the tables were together, then it would not be reasonable for you to expect your conversation to be private.
If you send an email overseas and it goes through different countries and different internet providers, do you have a reasonable expectation of privacy?
No. the internet is more like a crowded restuarant then a private home.
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